| Tittel: | Protecting indigenous knowledge: a personal perspective on international negotiations at WIPO | | Ansvar: | Wend Wendland | | Forfatter: | Wendland, Wend  | | Materialtype: | Artikkel - elektronisk | | Signatur: | WIPO Magazine | | Utgitt: | Geneva : WIPO, 2019 | | Omfang: | S. 22-31 | | ISBN/ISSN: | 1564-7854 | | Serie: | WIPO Magazine ; 6/2019 | | Innhold: | Ten years ago, WIPO’s member states formally launched negotiations toward developing international legal instruments addressing intellectual property (IP) and genetic resources (GRs), traditional knowledge (TK) and traditional cultural expressions (TCEs). These negotiations take place in an Intergovernmental Committee known in short as the IGC. This article** traces the undulating contours of the negotiations so far.
BACKGROUND
The IGC was established by the WIPO General Assembly in 2000; its mandate is usually determined by the Assembly every two years.
The objective of the IGC’s new mandate for 2020-2021 is “finalizing an agreement on an international legal instrument(s), without prejudging the nature of outcome(s), relating to intellectual property (IP) which will ensure the balanced and effective protection of” GRs, TK and TCEs.
The ramifications of the IGC’s task are immense. Many argue that adopting one or more international legal instruments would enrich the IP system by expanding its range of beneficiaries to include vulnerable and often marginalized indigenous peoples and local communities. They also argue that it would strengthen the IP system’s contribution to sustainable development, thereby bolstering its legitimacy in all regions, and inspire fresh confidence in multilateralism.
Pragmatic win-win outcomes are tantalizingly within reach, at least on some aspects of the Committee’s mandate. Substantial progress has been made.
However, the negotiation is profoundly challenging.
(Artikkelens innledning) | | Del av verk: | WIPO Magazine 6/2019 |
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